Railroad-tie.



H. GUDERJAHN.

RAILROAD TIB.

APPLIUATION FILED we. 1, 1913v 1,089,21 1. 'Patented M, 1914 2SHEETS-SHEET l.

Httcwnu H. GUDERJAHN. RAILROAD 4TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1913 1,089,21 1, Patented M3113, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' rails supported thereon,

HENRY GUDERJAHN, OF

XVES'JFIELD, VISCONSIN.

BALRGAD-TIE.

.. Je. of Leiters Paent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Appioaton filed l? "-.ggn 1, 1913. Serial No. 782,489.

To all 'whom may @answer/'.-

Be it known that Him-nr UDnn s u citizen of the United States. resilvestfield, in the county of Mure State of vVisoonsim have invenied new:ind useful Improveinel. in lseilro `rl `ies, of which the following ise, specification.

4The present inven Jion reir-es to in'agrovements in raiiroadiies,-andmil fnseninge therefor, and the improvement resides in theconstruction, combinei'ion :ind operative arrangement of parts set forthin the following speoilicn-ion and fnling wir-hin 'die scope of theappended oie-.ii

lntlio drawings; Fignri s ff, perspeciiive View of :iv rail. tieoonstrni with the present imleniion verse sectional view nip line 2-2 ofFig'. l, Fig. i3 on the. line 3f3 of tudinai sectional Fig.' 2l5`ig. iS:i b .ioni pian ia-,ew i. 1,.. tio, lfigf. G is n top plain vieni-f ofthe tie, rho

securing elements for the rails lining.; moved Fig'. .is apeii'sneoiivije View of: one or .i horinl of elio di.;

ai dei' tho rail engaging member zontzil section tink; one illustratedin Fi i) trai vertical loin;l

one end of .Tfno

is .idinnl seeiion 7 die rail 53 being on, :und lig. 3,5 a y. modiied:form o- F n. rnai engine.'

Referring new izo the d rnivil the numeral l designates the i`preferably eonsrnced o motel, and which comprises n hoiiow i'x'ionilierwhich includ( a top 2, :Ufnlnr sides and onde: The ends of ille l.:ingle to the. i .Antoily iizi' top or o zer surface 2 of lilo ile., andns stated, ine .s des 3 i anguln'i dini' ille f and nim @Univ-from ifithe iop io do iovfer poiiion m". s and die said sides from fie en .'s.:i ties have i'lwir ion'er edges Curved, fis ai' so (lint, ilie centralportion of the sides is disposed n. snitnl'ile d immo above illeopposits ends of the said sides ni; heirj juno ture .vitiiftlie ends#Lof ille ifi-o. The linderfnee of ilie -iolloiv #Lie isiiovidesjiiviili :i Centrally :irrsinged ionpjindinaily extend' U rib(3, and 'ine :smid Midori te 'it also Centrally provided n'i'li nirnnsvorselv uw ranged rib 7 which is formed integral with ille rib 6and exten ds from the opposite sides of seid rio to iiis connection withthe inclined or angular of the top.-

"liie upper luce or ilie top 3 adjacent the v-"iposile and? hereof is'formed at its side s with irvnsz'erse n'ieinbers 9 Which are Jim-e therie and have their upper" urizontnlly straight. The members S) l r ilseroi s, und the top 'ofr the rie, :ai ie nemers inerenti, are providedxvii-l1 pnies which progeet above the rail .rests 9 and which ext-end inopposite directions from the seid Tli plates 8 have their inner nice-s,et their 'junoiure `With the bop n-o'xin Heir eqnaling the width hingedor die mils l1, and the fixings# are ,iso adapt-ed fo have their `escondeted by the inner is when the said rails 'irre l und rails, the saidends iined inwardly ,nini downnfl-,er poriions'of the said rs o i plates8 adjacent their provided with 'registering iile arranged for movement=plmes nro rail locking mein# of these looking members iiiniialiyrectangular' body por- ;v'iieli of a Width approximately i'ne betweenthe spaced The nu; Ymers 13 have their sides, si Lise-ir buffepoiiioi'zs, provided with outii 'which are 'adapted to be ed wiihin the.grooves l0 of the plates oi ine ends of each of the locks is I :d zviiiion inclined rail-engaging li'p ile die opposiie end is undercut, and niithus provided is beveled 0r :is ne 17. The transverse inclined auch ofthe. looks is adapted to be =djacent-fthe registering openings in theplates S, and lpassing througlithe eid openings nre wedge members 19which l :are adnped to frietionally engage withthe Psvmse wnl 17 of thelocks and to underne "ie ledge 18 which forms the upper wall of diemidercntend of the lockmembers'l. g The reduced ends of each of theWedge memnro of n, coi-ter pin 21, or if desired, otherv The openings12- are substantially rectangular and the wedge keys 19 are taperedEonly on one edge, so that the said key may be inserted within theopenings 1Q. from either side of the tie.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have illustrated a; slightly modiiied form oi'rail-engaging i member. These members, indicated by the Acharacters A,are substantially similar to trie members 14, each having theirlongitudinal sides shaped to engagegwitli the longitn nally extendingpairs of plates 8 and bc providedwith flanges which engage 'fitthegrooveslO. rlfhe outer ends of tliei'neinbers A are notched and thetrai'is'verse wall thus provided is arranged at an angle to thelongitudinal plane of the said member 'A to oofact with thewedge-members 1 9. The. for- Ward ends'of each of the members A areprovided with rail el'igagiug lip 16', .vliile disposed below the .saidlip and above the -fianges that enter the grooves of the plates 8 is anintegrally formed longitudinally tending bearing surface or ledge B.lfaeh of the ledges B are ext-ended a distance up proximately equalingvone-halt ot' the ele vated rail rest 9, so that the said ledges willrest upon thevsaid port-ions 9 of the tie, and in this instance the saidledges areadapted to provide a bearing surface :tor the flanges of thetie. This structure provides. 'for the recept-ion upon the tie of railsof varying heights, and also the structure provides for Athe sustainingof broken rails upon 'the tie,

asit 1s merely necessary to partially out# top, adjacent its ends,

away the base flanges of the'rails and allow the ledges to be receivedWithin the said eut-:i\.\:ay portions. T he lips bear directly againstthe base isnges and the webs of the rails when in engagii'ig position.

Freni the above-description, taken in connection with the aeefunpanyingdrawings the simplicity of the device as Well the advantages thereofwill, it Ais thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the artto which "l s appertain Withoutfurther ila-d d seription. Having thusdescribed the invention, Wha

l claim is:

A met-allie tie including a horizontally straight. top, ends andai'igularsides, the having transverse in tegrally foi-:ned elevated.rail rests, the said top at the. edges thereof being formed Withintegral plates which extend longitudinally in opposite direct-ions fromthe rail rests, the Sides of the top having their lower edges curved..ipf'ardly toward the center of the tie, a central longitudinally'ext-ending rib formed on the lower fac-e ot the top, said ribterminating away from the ends of the tie, und a transverse rib formedwith the top and the sides of the t-ie and connected eentruily to thelongitudinal rib.

In testimony whereof I a'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l-IENR Y GUDERJAHN.

VJitnesses H. TEisHAAR.

